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The mystery object is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – A mysterious object orbiting Earth temporarily is a 54-year-old rocket, not the next planet, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii have its identity, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The object was classified as an asteroid after its discovery …

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